Prairie Landscape: Black Wind
Prairie Landscape: Black Wind
$500.00
Medium: etching, mezzotint, chine colle
Image Size: 12 × 16 inches
Edition size: SP
Year: 2005
In Prairie Landscape: Black Wind, Sean Caulfield draws inspiration from a passage in Dante's Purgatory describing earthquakes as subterranean winds, a belief common in medieval Europe. Combining elements of landscape, anatomy, and imagined machinery, the artist creates a compelling visual metaphor for unseen forces moving beneath the earth's surface. Printed as a linocut on delicate kozo paper, the work reflects Caulfield's ongoing interest in the intersection of science, history, literature, and the natural world.